Club3D Radeon HD 6950 Battlefield 3 Edition Graphics Card Review
Andy Ruffell / 13 years ago
To test power consumption, we monitor the overall power of the system through a plug-in electricity usage monitor at an idle and load state. This allows us to show the fluctuation between how much power draw the graphics card takes at idle and at load. By monitoring the overall usage of the whole system, it gives an easy comparison if you wish to do the same yourself as opposed to buying very expensive individual testing equipment.
Power consumption wise, the 6950 uses a low 105.9 Watts on idle and 222.8 on load when looking at the complete power draw of the system. When looking back at reviews of the 6970 based cards, the results are very similar with around five or ten watts between it.
